. The history of mankind . no small numbers and strength, living in constantwar, reached its highest point in the Gilbert or Kingsmill Islands with an areaof 185 square miles and a population of not more than 35,000. These weaponssurpass in gruesomeness those of anyother race in Polynesia, and theequipment which corresponds to themis brought to a finish that we findnowhere else but in Japan and NewGuinea. Thus under uniformity offundamental idea almost every island-group conceals its own more or lessperfected special features ; even if itbe only that invariable little humanfigure, easily overl
. The history of mankind . no small numbers and strength, living in constantwar, reached its highest point in the Gilbert or Kingsmill Islands with an areaof 185 square miles and a population of not more than 35,000. These weaponssurpass in gruesomeness those of anyother race in Polynesia, and theequipment which corresponds to themis brought to a finish that we findnowhere else but in Japan and NewGuinea. Thus under uniformity offundamental idea almost every island-group conceals its own more or lessperfected special features ; even if itbe only that invariable little humanfigure, easily overlooked, found on allTongan carved-work. Among con-tinental races such features naturallyare more limited in their even here, every circle of culture,however narrow, has its own littlepeculiarities, which establish them-selves with a certain consistency inthe most various domains. Just as among the West Africans we can point tothe predilection for representing what is ugly, as a characteristic of this kind, so. Carved and painted figure from Museum.) (Berlin
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